Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

A blustering night, a faire day.

A blustering night, a faire day.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.